Retired Bracknell GP found guilty of indecently assaulting female patients

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Stephen Cox, 65, to be sentenced on Monday for 12 offences between 1988 and 1997

A retired GP has been found guilty of indecently assaulting female patients on the pretext of carrying out routine procedures.

Stephen Cox, 65, denied 16 charges of indecent assault against seven women while practising in Bracknell, Berkshire, between 1988 and 1997. He was found guilty of 12 of those counts on Friday at Reading crown court after a four-week trial, Thames Valley police said. He will be sentenced on Monday.

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Cabinet set for split over support for England and Wales assisted dying bill

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Some senior ministers expected to vote against measure in free vote, while others are still undecided

MPs backing a new bill to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales hope to secure a Commons vote by Christmas, but cabinet ministers are set for a big split over support for the legislation.

The bill, due to be brought forward by the Labour backbencher Kim Leadbeater this month, is to be a free vote but some senior cabinet ministers are expected to vote against – and several, including the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, and the health and social care secretary, Wes Streeting – remain undecided.

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Satellite images show dozens of Iranian missiles struck near Israeli air base – NPR

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  1. Satellite images show dozens of Iranian missiles struck near Israeli air base  NPR
  2. How 2 Offhand Remarks by Biden Caused Waves in the Markets and the Middle East  The New York Times
  3. After nixing nuclear sites, Biden recommends Israel consider alternatives to targeting Iranian oil fields  The Times of Israel
  4. Iranian missiles hit Israeli military sites, visuals show  The Washington Post
  5. Video: Map shows possible Israeli targets in Iran  CNN
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Widening Mideast Conflict Exposes Limits of US Leverage With Israel – Bloomberg

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  1. Widening Mideast Conflict Exposes Limits of US Leverage With Israel  Bloomberg
  2. Opinion | Biden Sought Peace but Facilitated War  The New York Times
  3. How American diplomacy can stabilize Lebanon—and the Middle East  Atlantic Council
  4. How Joe Biden lost his grip on Israel’s war for ‘total victory’ in Gaza  The Washington Post
  5. Biden Sidelined as Israel Reshapes Middle East  The Wall Street Journal
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Hezbollah launches 100 rockets into Israel, IDF soldiers killed in drone attack – The Jerusalem Post

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  1. Hezbollah launches 100 rockets into Israel, IDF soldiers killed in drone attack  The Jerusalem Post
  2. Updates: New strikes on Beirut, Hezbollah says Israeli troops killed  Al Jazeera English
  3. Firefighters working to put out blazes in north caused by Lebanon rockets  The Times of Israel
  4. Netanyahu rushed to shelter after missiles reach Keisarya residence  Al Mayadeen English
  5. Hezbollah says targeted Israeli troops with explosives  Al Arabiya English
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Iran Refuses To Back Down As Its Proxies Endure Unprecedented Attacks – Forbes

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  1. Iran Refuses To Back Down As Its Proxies Endure Unprecedented Attacks  Forbes
  2. Khamenei says Iran ‘won’t back down, Israel won’t last long’; hails Hamas Oct. 7 massacre  The Times of Israel
  3. Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei defends strikes on Israel in Tehran speech  BBC.com
  4. Iranian supreme leader praises missile attack on Israel, saying Iran will do it again if necessary  The Associated Press
  5. Iran's supreme leader makes new threats against Israel  NBC News
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Iranian FM pledges ‘stronger’ retaliation if Israel strikes Iran – Al Jazeera English

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  1. Iranian FM pledges ‘stronger’ retaliation if Israel strikes Iran  Al Jazeera English
  2. Iranian FM Abbas Araqchi announces support for a ceasefire in Lebanon amid Beirut visit  The Jerusalem Post
  3. Iranian foreign minister visits Beirut as Gulf states declare neutrality  Middle East Eye
  4. Iran FM says backs efforts for simultaneous Gaza-Lebanon ceasefire  The Times of Israel
  5. Live Updates: Iran’s FM in Lebanon as Israel deepens its assault on Beirut's southern suburbs  Al-Monitor
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More than 100 people missing after being forced off boats in Djibouti

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Nearly 50 people dead and 108 unaccounted for after smugglers apparently force passengers into the water

More than 100 people are still missing after smugglers apparently forced migrants to leave their boats and swim in the Red Sea off the coast of Djibouti, the International Organization for Migration has said.

Forty-eight people have so far been confirmed dead after the incident on Monday, which involved two boats that had left Yemen for Djibouti with a total of 310 people onboard, said Frantz Celestin, a regional director at the UN agency. “Unfortunately, we have yet to account for about 108 of the migrants,” he said.

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Dutch feminists campaign for national monument to ‘witches’

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Thousands have been raised for site to commemorate victims of Satanic panic in 15th to 17th centuries

Three feminist campaigners in the Netherlands want to reclaim the insult “witch” and recognise the innocent victims of Dutch witch-hunts from the 15th to the 17th centuries with a national monument.

Susan Smit, Bregje Hofstede and Manja Bedner, the chair and board members of the National Witches Monument foundation, have raised €35,000 (£29,000) for an official site of memory for about 70,000 people who died during a Satanic panic that swept Europe and the Americas.

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Gisèle Pelicot: Judge rules public can view French mass rape trial video evidence – BBC.com

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  1. Gisèle Pelicot: Judge rules public can view French mass rape trial video evidence  BBC.com
  2. Not All Men, but Any Man  The Atlantic
  3. A harrowing rape trial in France has revived debate about consent  The Economist
  4. 'Monster of Avignon' Rape Scandal: Is It France's #MeToo Moment?  Newsweek
  5. French mass rape trial: Public and press allowed to see video evidence  Le Monde
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2 IDF soldiers killed, 24 wounded in Iraq drone attack on Golan Heights base – The Times of Israel

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  1. 2 IDF soldiers killed, 24 wounded in Iraq drone attack on Golan Heights base  The Times of Israel
  2. Israeli Soldiers Killed by Drone From Iraq  Newsweek
  3. Iraqi drone kills two IDF soldiers, wounds several others  The Jerusalem Post
  4. Two soldiers killed, 24 wounded in Iraq drone attack on Golan Heights base  The Times of Israel
  5. Two Israeli soldiers killed in combat, military says  Reuters
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Visas for Palestinians taking average of four months, data shows, not 24 hours as Coalition claimed

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Exclusive: Guardian Australia found Coalition politicians cited the 24-hour figure in interviews on at least 12 occasions in August

It was one of the most potent talking points during the Coalition’s campaign against “rushed” visas to Palestinians fleeing Gaza.

“It is not appropriate to give 3,000 tourist visas to people leaving a war zone controlled by a terrorist organisation in an average of 24 hours,” the Liberal senator James Paterson told Sky News on 20 August.

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Former army lawyer David McBride appeals conviction claiming duty to disclose military secrets

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McBride has appealed his jail sentence of five years and eight months claiming he ‘blew the whistle on the unequal application of the law’ by the ADF

The former army lawyer David McBride has lodged his appeal in the ACT supreme court almost five months after he was sentenced to a maximum of five years and eight months in jail.

McBride pleaded guilty to three charges in November 2023 after the court upheld a commonwealth intervention to withhold key evidence the government argued had the potential to jeopardise “the security and defence of Australia”. The charges included stealing commonwealth information and passing that on to journalists at the ABC.

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‘It’s doing social harm’: Albanese asks states and territories to work together on a social media ban for kids

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PM is seeking input on the impacts of phone bans in schools and ideas to maintain the social connection of kids

Anthony Albanese has written to the nation’s first ministers asking for their support in implementing a nationwide minimum age for social media.

After South Australia’s Labor government announced it would be moving forward with plans to ban children under 14 from accessing social media, Albanese announced the federal government would introduce legislation addressing the same concerns by the end of the year.

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Why is the UK handing the Chagos Islands back to Mauritius? – Al Jazeera English

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  1. Why is the UK handing the Chagos Islands back to Mauritius?  Al Jazeera English
  2. Britain cedes disputed islands to Mauritius, securing key U.S. military base  NBC News
  3. Starmer defends UK ceding control of Chagos Islands amid Tory criticism  The Guardian
  4. Department Press Briefing – October 3, 2024  Department of State
  5. Diego Garcia: What is on the secretive UK-US island in the Indian Ocean?  BBC.com
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